Former Hells Angels leader Salvatore Cazzetta cries out for injustice for being detained for 20 months for gangsterism before being released from all charges, so he is now suing the state for $ 2 million.
"[The prosecutors] have deliberately abused the powers conferred on them ... they have perverted the judicial system; [Cazzetta] did not have to be detained for offenses he was accused of, while he had not committed, "indignant the former chief biker in a civil suit released Monday.
Cazzetta, 63, is against his arrest in November 2015, during a police strike against a narcotics network.
At the time, Cazzetta had been accused of conspiracy, concealment and gangsterism. According to the court document, the police had been able to rely on a civilian undercover officer in this case. But after the drug operation, another informer allegedly exonerated the former head of the Hells Angels.
Thus, during a meeting with the police shortly after the arrest, this informer allegedly claimed that Cazzetta had nothing to do with the drug network dismantled. And if the police had seen money exchanged between him and Cazzetta, it had "no connection" with the narcotics network.
"This testimony, the indications and explanations [of the informer] were of such reliability, accuracy and usefulness as to make him a" star "witness and to become a paid witness-collaborator. 'State', says Cazzetta in his request.
Except that these elements would have been concealed from the evidence during the Cazzetta release investigation, which spent a total of 20 months in custody in this case. All charges were eventually dropped by the Crown, which did not have to provide explanations.
But for Cazzetta, the stay was decided because the prosecution had no evidence against him. He even accuses the Crown of "perverting the judicial process".
"[Cazzetta] raises the fact that the defendants made a serious mistake in having a preconceived opinion of the plaintiff's guilt [...], distorting their objectivity, who used all the means at their disposal in order to succeed" , complain Cazzetta's lawyers in the court document.
The former leader of the Hells Angels is seeking compensation for being "unjustly" detained as a result of "manipulation of the evidence and stubbornness to pursue criminal proceedings against him".
He estimates stress, anxiety, anxiety and insecurity at $ 2 million.
Unless resolved amicably, the case will be presented to a judge in the coming weeks at the Montreal courthouse.